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Researcher · University of Pennsylvania · United States

Paul D. Acton

Paul D. Acton publishes mostly in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology, on topics such as Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior.

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World rank
#1,256,774
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#401,145
of 1,627,098
Works
108
Citations
5.4k
Citations per work
49.6
h-index
40
i10-index 66Top 4.8% in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Paul D. Acton

What does Paul D. Acton research?

Paul D. Acton's work is mostly in Medicine (43%), Neuroscience (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%).

Health Sciences: 46 works · 42.8% of their workMedicine: 46 works · 42.8% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 32 works · 29.8% of their workNeurology: 8 works · 7.3% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 works · 5.7% of their workEverything else: 40 works · 36.6% of their workLife Sciences: 22 works · 20.6% of their workNeuroscience: 16 works · 14.9% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 13 works · 11.7% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 works · 3.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 works · 5.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 6 works · 5.7% of their workTHEIR WORKPaul D. Acton108works
Life Sciences21%Health Sciences43%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4642.8%
  2. Everything else4036.6%
    1. Neuroscience1614.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology65.7%
  1. 1Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging30% of their works
  2. 2Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience12% of their works
  3. 3Neurology7% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology6% of their works
  5. 5Psychiatry and Mental health6% of their works
  6. 6Cognitive Neuroscience3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul D. Acton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Imaging, PET/CT, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Perfusion Imaging, Dopamine, Serotonin, Neurological Disorders and Parkinson's Disease.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Imaging391 topic
  2. PET/CT391 topic
  3. Magnetic Resonance Imaging261 topic
  4. Perfusion Imaging261 topic
  5. Dopamine221 topic
  6. Serotonin221 topic
  7. Neurological Disorders212 topics
  8. Parkinson's Disease192 topics
  9. Medical Imaging121 topic
  10. Radiomics121 topic
  11. Neurotransmission111 topic
  12. Synaptic Plasticity111 topic
  13. Deep Brain Stimulation101 topic
  14. Subthalamic Nucleus101 topic
  15. Antipsychotic Drugs91 topic
  16. Neurocognitive Deficits91 topic
  17. Neurodegeneration91 topic
  18. a-Synuclein91 topic

Where does Paul D. Acton work?

Paul D. Acton's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Pennsylvania, United States.

How many publications and citations does Paul D. Acton have?

OpenAlex counts 108 works and 5,352 citations for Paul D. Acton, an h-index of 40, ranking #1,256,774 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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